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WUUS51 KRLX 200958
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WVC081-109-201030-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
458 AM EST FRI FEB 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL RALEIGH COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
CENTRAL WYOMING COUNTY IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EST.
* AT 458 AM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OCEANA, OR
NEAR PINEVILLE, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BECKLEY, PINEVILLE, MULLENS, MABSCOTT, OCEANA, SOPHIA, CRAB
ORCHARD, DRY CREEK, MACARTHUR, COAL CITY, SHADY SPRING, TWIN FALLS
STATE PARK, BEAVER, DANIELS, LESTER, RHODELL, CLEAR FORK, BOLT,
GHENT, AND JOSEPHINE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
WEST VIRGINIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 28 AND 44.
INTERSTATE 64 IN WEST VIRGINIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 120 AND 132.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 3758 8172 3770 8172 3770 8171 3772 8172
3782 8099 3768 8099 3764 8107 3761 8107
3759 8109 3760 8114 3758 8120 3753 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 263DEG 49KT 3765 8160
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
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